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R&D Areas of Interest

Cancer treatment researchWe are seeking external alliances in both the pre-clinical discovery and the clinical development phases of research. Specifically, novel compounds/targets and relevant in vitro/in vivo models in each of the following therapeutic areas are of interest:

Oncology

  • apoptosis
  • cell cycle control
  • proliferation/angiogenesis
  • immune stimulation
  • motility/invasion
  • chemoprevention

Cardiovascular/Metabolism

  • vascular disease prevention (inflammation, vascular cell function)
  • thromboembolism (anticoagulants, antiplatelets)
  • dyslipidemia (insulin-resistance syndrome, new lipid-lowering agents)
  • antiarrhythmics
  • obesity
  • diabetes

Central Nervous System

  • Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, multiple sclerosis (amyloidosis, neuro-restoration and anti-neuroinflammation strategies, surrogate markers)
  • novel molecular approaches in depression, schizophrenia and anxiety

Gastrointestinal

  • reflux disease
  • irritable bowel syndrome
  • inflammatory bowel disease
  • functional dyspepsia
  • prevention of H. pylori infection

Respiratory/Inflammation

  • asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (activation of mast, fibroblast, and macrophage cells, neurogenic inflammation)
  • rheumatoid and osteoarthritis (immune modulation, angiogenesis, cartilage repair, bone destruction and remodeling)
  • psoriasis/transplant rejection (T-cell trafficking/co-stimulation)

Pain Control

  • novel G-protein-coupled receptors in central nervous system
  • voltage- and ligand-gated ion channels
  • analgesic approaches including opioid receptors
  • animal models of pain control

Infection

  • antibacterials/antifungals

Enabling Technology

  • transgenic animal models
  • functional genomics
  • bioinformatics/proteomics
  • drug delivery systems
  • higher capacity high throughput screening
  • stem cell technology

For more information, please send an e-mail to research liaison.

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